Foucault, Sport and Exercise: Power, Knowledge and Transforming the Self

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Power, knowledge and the self: introduction to Foucauldian theorising	p. 1
An introduction to Michel Foucault: his work, life and effect	p. 3
Technologies of dominance: power, discourses and the disciplined bodies	p. 24
Foucauldian interpretations of the body and lived experiences in sport and exercise	p. 49
Knowledge and truth: discursive construction of the fit and healthy body	p. 51
Exercise: disciplined into docile bodies	p. 72
Sport and the discursive construction of gendered bodies	p. 92
A discursive analysis of rugby experiences and the construction of gendered identities	p. 108
Aesthetics of ethical self-stylisation	p. 135
The technologies of the self	p. 137
Aesthetic self-stylisation: mindful fitness as practice of freedom	p. 154
The ethics of self-care: the academic self as a work of art	p. 176
Ethical games of truth: critical pedagogy and collective stories	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 213
Notes	p. 220
References	p. 229
Index	p. 245
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